Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.v.

Timotheus Johannes Wester

Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck

Erik Hendrikus Werner Peters

Jan Willem Bos

The present invention relates to a device and method for removing wing tips () from carcass parts of slaughtered poultry, comprising a wing tip processing station () with a wing tip cutter () adapted to remove the wing tip segment from the lower wing member, and a set of multiple wing guides () for guiding and positioning one wing so as to define the position of the lower wing member, the wing tip joint and the wing tip of said one wing at the wing tip cutter. At least one upper wing member guide () and at least one lower wing member guide () is provided. According to the present invention, the lower wing member guide comprises two guide members defining a slit () between them in which the lower wing member is received, wherein at least one of the guide members is biased towards the other, allowing for variations of the width of the slit, such that&#x2014;at the wing tip cutter&#x2014;the guide members clampingly engage the lower wing member with the radius and ulna bones being positioned one behind the other, seen in the conveying direction, thereby defining the orientation of the lower wing member and of the wing tip segment at the wing tip cutter.

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Venray, Netherlands

Timotheus Johannes Wester